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- Tuberculous meningitis Meningitis due to tuberculosis. Tuberculous meningitis is the most severe form of tuberculosis. It causes…
- Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia See: Crocodile tears syndrome.
- Rickets, renal Rickets-like bone malformations caused by prolonged inflammation of the kidneys
- Mono Popular name for infectious mononucleosis
- Heredity Genetic transmission from parent to child.
- Anti-infective Something capable of acting against infection, by inhibiting the spread of an infectious agent or by killing…
- Decubitus ulcer A bed sore, a skin ulcer that comes from lying in one position too long so that the circulation in the skin…
- Lymphadenopathy Abnormally enlarged lymph nodes. Commonly called 'swollen glands.' The term 'lymphadenopathy' is not as tough…
- Tick-borne rickettsiosis, north Asian One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted…
- Syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut A severe form of epilepsy that usually begins in early childhood and is characterized by frequent seizures of…
- Antisense-strand RNA virus See: Negative-strand RNA virus